God himself gave himself to save us from himself

“According to the Christian revelation, God’s own great love propitiated his own holy wrath through the gift of his own dear Son, who took our place, bore our sin and died our death. Thus God himself gave himself to save us from himself.”

—John Stott, The Message of Romans (Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 1994), 115

HT: Of First Importance

All Over the Blogosphere: Death is not Dying

Since everyone else is posting this to their blogs, I decided to post it to mine as well. It is a video of Rachel Barkey giving her testimony. She has terminal cancer and, barring a miracle, will not live to see her 38th birthday. She is married and has two young children.

I watched the video on Saturday. Her testimony is incredibly powerful. You can watch the video here and listen to the audio here.

Happy Heart Day

All glorious is the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.... You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.... How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful you are!... My beloved is mine, and I am his....

For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name.

Psalm 45:13, Song of Solomon 2:16, Song of Solomon 1:15, Song of Solomon 4:17, Isaiah 54:5

Paul Washer: You Are Loved

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Romans 3:23-26